Eleanor Marion Bennett

Eleanor Marion Bennett
Born4 February 1942 (1942-02-04) (age 83)
NationalityAustralian
CitizenshipAustralian
Alma materThe University of Western Australia
Scientific career
Fieldsbotany
Author abbrev. (botany)E.M.Benn.

Eleanor Marion Bennett (born 4 February 1942) (née Scrymgeour) is an Australian botanist who was employed by the Western Australian Herbarium from 1965 to 1970. She collected Eucalyptus species in the south-west of Western Australia and published a revision of the genus Hybanthus in 1972. She is the author of two books: Bushland Plants of Kings Park, Western Australia and Common and aboriginal names of Western Australian plant species. Bennett was also one of the authors of Flora of the Perth region.